The Indo-Tibetan Border Police force is establishing 10 all-women border posts along the LAC. The announcement was made by the Director General of the paramilitary force, Praveen Kumar (IPS). ITBP is responsible for guarding the 3,488 km-long India-China LAC, and these new all-women border posts will be established along this challenging and icy frontier.
The paramilitary force has also moved its 215 border posts forward along the front on India's north and eastern flank. This decision was part of the force’s "forwardisation" plan, which was initiated after the 2020 military clash in Ladakh between India and China.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) DG Praveen Kumar made the remarks during the 64th Raising Day parade of the force held in Jammu on Saturday, and said, "We have worked on the forwardisation plan and, as a result, the number of forward-deployed BOPs (border outposts) is now 215 as compared to 180. The establishment of seven new battalions and a sector headquarters has not only strengthened this plan (forwardisation) but has also enhanced our reach and supervision of the forward areas.”
Meanwhile, further enhancing women’s role as combatants, the paramilitary force is also going through the process of forming two all-women BOPs in Ladakh's Lukung and Thangi in Himachal Pradesh. Eight more all-women BOPs will be made operational on this front, the DG informed.
In 2023, the Central government sanctioned seven more battalions and a sector office comprising about 9,400 personnel for the ITBP. DG Kumar then added that ITBP is planning to settle 41 more forward bases along the LAC in the future, and this will be part of its aim to "strengthen security and coordination".
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